The Lord's Prayer is an excellent model, but it was never intended to be a magical incantation to get God's attention. Jesus gave this prayer as a pattern to suggest the variety of elements that should be included when we pray.
Bill HybelsYou're a leader. It's your job to keep your passion hot. Do whatever you have to do, read whatever you have to read, go wherever you have to go to stay fired up. And don't apologize to anybody.
Bill HybelsReligion is spelled DO. Christianity is spelled DONE. One endlessly works to earn love. The other simply receives it!
Bill Hybels